"Johnny Hageyama" wrote in message
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Sparkey wrote:

I'm in the processs of replacing electro. caps in an old Roberts
Reel to Reel deck.

There are some questionable electro. caps that I'm trying to replace.
These are the old "can" style caps and the color codes are written in
Japanese (I believe) on the side of the can. There are 3 color dots;
yellow, white and red but I don't know which value they're supposed
to be as the sections all read low.

Can anyone tell from the side of the can what the designations are?
If so, please take a look at the picture on my site posted.
http://members.aol.com/ta7205/MVC-084f.jpg

I e-mailed Mom your photo, and she said that the translation is:

(red) 2.0uF (the thing that looks like "T" and an upside
down "U")
(yellow) 1.0uF (The double-crossed "T", the "T" with the tilted
top, and the box)
(white) C (diagonal line with the quote marks, the funny-
looking "A")
250 VWAC
1969
Hitachi (trademark symbol)

She asked if it was a motor capacitor and if "C" meant "common" or
ground. She also expressed disappointment when she realized my
message wasn't about me finally learning Japanese.

Well, I reckon we should all be pretty pleased with ourselves on this one.
That definitive answer pretty much confirms what we managed to work out. Now
where's the OP gone in all this ? Don't seem to have heard from him at all
since his first post ...

Arfa